Steven Spielberg has two themes in his work...close encounters with things we don't understand, and heroes. This combines both of them, representing people as human, life as unpredictable and uncontrollable, except for those few moments in which we get to make a choice. Dakota Fanning's narrations are made with a fully adult command of her voice, and and a more than adequate ability to use her face and body to convey what is going on in her head. The other characters confuse us in the beginning, but we eventually find out that there is no great alien menace, only ourselves and how we treat each other. You should watch this. It is well done, has great production value, rarely asks you to suspend belief for no cause, is well executed, with great period props and mannerisms. Aside from only a very few moments, the acting and writing is superb. All in all, a possibly transformative experience for those who do not know how to deal with the unknown.
Review of Taken
